WOCN WOUND
CARE RN EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Steps to heal by Secondary Intention - Answers -Formation of granulation tissue,
contraction of the wound bed edges, and epithelialization
Partial thickness repair - Answers -Inflammatory response, epithelial proliferation and
migration, epidermal reestablishment and differentiation
What characterizes a chronic wound healing environment - Answers -Low levels of
growth factors and receptor sites. They are needed to move cells out of the
inflammatory phase and into the proliferative/Rebuilding Phase
What Vitamin assists in collagen/fibroplasia formation? - Answers -Vitamin C
Normal protein intake - Answers -.8 g/kg/24
Protein intake for injury - Answers -increased 1.25 - 1.5 /kg/24 hours
BMI >25 increases - Answers -dehiscence, infection, delayed wound healing, adipose
tissue poorly perfused and heals at a slower rate
Keloid Scars are formed how? - Answers -Overgrowth of collagen within scar tissue,
seen with pigmented skin. Trauma. May ulcerate. Genetic.
How does a partial thickness wound heal? i.e., skin tear - Answers -Epithelialization
Payne-Martin Classification Scale - Answers -Category
I
CARE RN EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Steps to heal by Secondary Intention - Answers -Formation of granulation tissue,
contraction of the wound bed edges, and epithelialization
Partial thickness repair - Answers -Inflammatory response, epithelial proliferation and
migration, epidermal reestablishment and differentiation
What characterizes a chronic wound healing environment - Answers -Low levels of
growth factors and receptor sites. They are needed to move cells out of the
inflammatory phase and into the proliferative/Rebuilding Phase
What Vitamin assists in collagen/fibroplasia formation? - Answers -Vitamin C
Normal protein intake - Answers -.8 g/kg/24
Protein intake for injury - Answers -increased 1.25 - 1.5 /kg/24 hours
BMI >25 increases - Answers -dehiscence, infection, delayed wound healing, adipose
tissue poorly perfused and heals at a slower rate
Keloid Scars are formed how? - Answers -Overgrowth of collagen within scar tissue,
seen with pigmented skin. Trauma. May ulcerate. Genetic.
How does a partial thickness wound heal? i.e., skin tear - Answers -Epithelialization
Payne-Martin Classification Scale - Answers -Category
I